work of 20th anniversary like this is to first and chiefly commemorate the deaths of innocents who died because they went to work or got on a plane, were going about their lives. i think always, i m sure you do, about that remarkable story of flight 93 in the skies over pennsylvania, when those passengers lived out the gospel injunction that greater love has no man than this, lay down his life for a friend. they struck back, knowing they would die. all of that is blessedly and wonderfully a part of who the president is, and who at our best the country is. todd beemer was one of the people on that flight, the stories are familiar to those of us working in government at the
ideas economy. that s the sort of priming of the pump, if you will, that is essential for us to respond in substantive terms, for us to utilize government as a tool that is productive and enabling and empowering the middle class and empowering our small business community and empowering our entrepreneur. and it happened in the 111th congress. but something changed in leadership in the 112th congress. we are ranked in percentage approval, below 10%. some of the lowest points achieved or earned by this congress in its history as the house. that is a very telling statement. how do we go from the most productive in decades to most unfavorable in the history of the house? we have a reactionary response who want to destroy the essence of government and wean every government activity into a very difficult period in our economic history. it is one that is unpopular and unproductive, it is one that is rejected by people out there. when i go back to our district, i have heard from repu
plot was under way to either either new york or washington or both. let s get right to susan candiotti in new york. susan, you re getting important new details about what or who u.s. officials are looking for? reporter: that s right, fred. we re learning interesting new information about the timing of this possible conspiracy. at least two of the three men involved in this possible terror plot have traveled to the united states last week. of course it remains unconfirmed as does the plot as to whether these people arrived in the united states. the authorities are still working on the assumption that they may have already arrived in the united states. a third man that is believed to be part of this possible group was traveling in europee. now, two of the three men we ve been telling you about have been described as u.s. citizens. we are also now learning that two of the three of them are also of arab descent. it s been difficult trying to track down these men because their n
military s m-16 and m-4 assault rifles. army officials locked down the post a couple of days ago. no one in or out allowed during the search. the ammo is still missing. u.s. officials announced this week they had credible yet unconfirmed information that a plot was under way to either either new york or washington or both. let s get right to susan candiotti in new york. susan, you re getting important new details about what or who u.s. officials are looking for? reporter: that s right, fred. we re learning interesting new information about the timing of this possible conspiracy. at least two of the three men involved in this possible terror plot have traveled to the united states last week. of course it remains unconfirmed as does the plot as to whether these people arrived in the united states. the authorities are still working on the assumption that they may have already arrived in the united states. a third man that is believed to be part of this possible group was tra
characters involved in some of those groups and others who mean only to advance legitimate causes in this country. but is a hear you talk about them, i can hear still some of your pain from the events that happened in your life that changed your life. the country itself, but your life in a very real and palpable way. i wonder just looking at you and thinking about todd s story, when you go back to it and think about what he went through and the courage it must have taken, you just must be so proud. we are very proud of todd and 39 other free people. they had the opportunity to fight back. they did. it was a counter attack it was a victory. as you well stated the intent of the enemy was not to crash in a quiet meadow in shanksville, pennsylvania. i leave our nation s capital was